Sold | Ex-Works, Gerhard Mitter/Lucien Bianchi Nurburgring 1000Kms-leading, 1967 2-liter Porsche Typ 910 Endurance Racing Works Coupe Chassis no. 910-026 Engine no. 910-023

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Ex-Works, Gerhard Mitter/Lucien Bianchi Nurburgring 1000Kms-leading, 1967 2-liter Porsche Typ 910 Endurance Racing Works Coupe Chassis no. 910-026 Engine no. 910-023

United States • 13 Aug 2010

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This is a 1967 Porsche Typ 910 Endurance Racing Works Coupe, chassis number 910-026. It was driven by Gerhard Mitter and Lucien Bianchi in the Nürburgring 1000Kms race, leading until the last lap. The car was restored to its original 1967 Coupe factory team form, and is an important ex-works Porsche.

Condition

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The car has been restored to its original 1967 Coupe factory team form. Recent chassis work was performed in 2006-2007. The car performed flawlessly in a shakedown. However, it also had a suspension failure and significant damage during the Targa Florio Storica, requiring complete repair, rebuild, and restoration.

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Chassis No:

910-026

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Reg Number:

6/490/68

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For all enthusiasts the rarity of works team Porsches endows them with a very special extra cachet.

We understand that this particular Porsche 910 Coupe began life as a factory team car fitted with the fabulous 2.2-liter 8-cylinder air-cooled engine, before the present 2-liter 6-cylinder unit was installed for customer sale.

After its deployment as a flat-8 factory team car in 1967 it was converted into open-cockpit Spyder configuration, in which form it survived in service for many years before being returned to present Coupe form at great expense in the 1980s.

Amongst all the works-cum-customer model competition Porsches, the Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen factory's superb Typ 910 of 1967-68 is perhaps the design most fondly remembered by all its past works drivers and private entrants.

This splendid example of the type – presented here fitted with the same 1991cc, 220bhp flat-six engine with which it was fitted ex-works in the late 1960s - is in fact a former factory team car campaigned...